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Love is not jealous.
1 Corinthians 13:4
 


One who is jealous is not in love.

 
St. Augustine, 5th century

 
 
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Put on then, as God’s chosen ones,
heartfelt compassion, kindness, humility
gentleness and patience.
Colossians 3:12
 


Be loving, gentle, humble, with all human-beings.
This is what we have learned from Jesus,
not to be aggressive towards anyone.

 
Ven. Charles de Foucauld, 20th century

 
 
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On the way of wisdom I direct you.
Proverbs 4:11
 


Do everything calmly and peacefully.

 
St. Francis de Sales, 17th century

 
 
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We labor, working with our own hands.
St. Paul; 1 Corinthians 4:12
 


Idleness is the enemy of the soul.

 
St. Benedict, 6th century

 
 
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Kindness is like a garden of blessings.
Sirach 40:17
 


Be as tender and attentive
towards those whom God puts on our path,
as a brother towards brother or as a mother for her child.

 
Ven. Charles de Foucauld, 20th century

 
 
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Always seek
to do good to one another
and to all.
1 Thessalonians 5:15
 


If we wish to dwell in God’s tent, we will never arrive
unless we run there by doing good deeds.

 
The Rule of St. Benedict

 
 
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In the Lord
your labor is not in vain.
1 Corinthians 15:58
 


The greater the toil the richer the reward.

 
St. Ignatius of Antioch, 1st century

 
 
  Word of God  
 
Learn to do good.
Isaiah 1:17
 


Hatred is not a creative force:
only love is creative.

 
St. Maximilian Kolbe, 20th century

 

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